News on this a bit thin at the moment, but speculation is rife on whether the restaurant that blew up in Beijing this morning was, in fact, due to gas leakage as officially stated – or a bomb blast. We shall soon find out.
The government line is that it was caused by gas canister. I don’t know much about police detection work, and presume it’s fairly quick to rule out foul play in normal circumstances, though in China and particularly with the pending National Day Celebrations I wouldn’t necessarily give the government the benefit of the doubt.
In any event, it was a good restaurant. That would be the biggest shame – not to mention of course those injured in the blast.